Why am I always cold?

Re: Why am I always cold?

Submitted by xgi on Tue, 2008-04-01 - 13:26

I'm a male 51 on topirmate and I freeze all the time. Of course being in Mich doesn't help. I know my feet are always cold. Sometimes they get so cold they hurt. I wear heated hunting socks and a hat in the house.  People think I'm nuts but I can park my tooties on a heating pad  on for hours and still feel ice cold inside.

I have artrithis and that adds to my discomfort. Just to have the hot sun beating down on my back would feel so good now. Man I need to hit the lottery....x

Re: Why am I always cold?

Submitted by joenew on Wed, 2008-02-13 - 05:01

I'm always cold.   I live in the Algarve, and I'll be in a jumper in the summer!!!I'm on Keppra, and I've heard that it's a side-effect of the meds.   But...my BP is about normal (a little on the high side 140/85), normal chol. platlets etc etc all ok - very high haemoglobin though...doc says that's having sluggish blood (but circulation is fine????) - this was before the Keppra.

 Still same now, but I just feel freezing all the time - more so in fact - my friends are understanding...but think I'm mad (in a good way)...Balmy summer evening, 32ºC, everyone else is in shorts and t shirts, and im there in my jeans shirt and quite probably a light jumper/jacket.

Great ad for living in the sun hey!!!

Re: Why am I always cold?

Submitted by s. hearne on Wed, 2008-02-13 - 10:27

hi

i also know what your going though. i've been having epilepsy a little over 20years, and yes im cold all of the time, i talking every season. my family make fun of me because it can be 75degrees and im cold. so one of my family members told me i need to start taking iron pills to build up my blood...but do that work? then one doctor tells me, i just immentek.?so i really dont know whats going on with body.

you stated the you are taking 'trileptal' i do too, and four more meds...so i guess all the meds are thining out our blood. 'but then again i really cant say'.